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will hang him ai.d his whole posse upon 1
the trees around the War Department.”
Had I been allowed to do do so, our troops
would have never been impeded in their
march through that city, and by such a ;
course the rebellion would now have been
crushed. Such are ray opinions on that
question, which, perhaps, I sometimes ex
press unwisely for my own good; and this
is another reason fur the passage of the
resolution to which I alluded. Every Bor
der State Representative who thinks his
brother or son or kindred in the rebel ranks
docs not deserve hanging for this treason,
voted in favor of that resolution.
[After a short pause General Cameron
concluded as follows :]
Gentlemen, this is a contrast in which
we all have a direct interest. Pennsylva
nia has a moral power which no other State
in this Union possesses ; and, therefore,
every citizen of Pennsylvania can do a
great deal towards bringing this war to an
end. I have no right to give advice, but I
shall be glad, in leaving the country, to
believe there is no party here but the par
ty of tbo country—the party for the war in
favor of supporting the Administration in
conducting the war ; because whether men
are opposed to Mr. Lincoln or otherwise,
by the Administration alone is the war to
be conducted. If Pennsylvania will stand
by his wise and patriotic measures, she can
aid the President and eontrol the result,
I remember that in the war of 1812, every
man who opposed the war was considered
an enemy of his country. 1 trust that the
same beneficial rule will apply in the pres
ent case. [Applause.] If wo falter in
patriotic devotion, the people in the South
will be encouraged to persevere in their
rebellious and infamous design ; for the
war can only be ended by a determined
and united policy here in the North. Why,
it was only the other day that a letter was
seen from the wife of tbo traitor Davis,
stating that “ Jeff, was cruely deceived in
Pennsylvania and New York, where he ex
pected the support of half the people, be
cause be was led to believe that more than
one-half of the people in both of those
States were agoing to join him.” That is
the current delusion in the South ; and so
long as wo give them aid and comfort by
divisions among ourselves, just so long will
they be encouraged to fight the Govern
ment. Let us ali, with one heart, looking
solely to Lut one object, go through
this war; and that being over, wo can
rake up the old political carcasses of days
gone by, and again attack each other with
all the spirit of Whig and Democratic fu
ry. In the first place, let us finish (he rear.
[Long and continued applause.] Short as
the interval is before my departure, I con
fidently expect to be able to carry with me
the nows of further vital successes, which
will prove to the powers of Europe that
the Union is safe, and that the complete
redemption of the nation is drawing nigh.
The brilliant achievement of enr
gallant Navy at the forts below New Or
leans has never been equaled in the butosy
of our country. For six days the mortor
boats burled there ponderous and death
charged shells into the doomed forts, St.
Philips and Jackson. The effect of this
terrible fire was to silence the Rebel bat
teries, thus giving our gunboats an oppor
tunity to advance and make the attack
upon the boasted fleet which was to pro
tect the Cresent City. Amidst the con
centrted firo of all the guns which the
fortifications had remaining in position,
our gunboats moved steadily up, poured
there broadsides into the embrasures of the
forts, and passing gallantly on, encounter
ed the vessels of the enemy. And right
royally did they meet the foe. Dashing
into the conflict, the ever glorious battle
flag of their country waving over them,
the fires of patriotism blazing in their eyes
and the consciousness of right steeling
their hearts against fear, these noble fel
lows thought of nothing but victory 1 Wei
did they sustain the character of Ameri
can sodies. No less than eleven of the
rebel gunboats were sunken or riven to
pieces by our shots. Old Hollins’ famous
ram went the way of all the rest, notwith
standing its iron sides and its formidable
beak. The only regret is that the old
trator’a precious body was not on board
when his “ turtle ” sought the muddy
bottom of the Mississippi for a grave.
Commodores Farragut and Porter will
receive the thanks of the nation for their
splendid victory. Its effect upon the Re
bellion will be tremendious, however much
the Southern press may attempt to prove
cthorswise. They may succeed somewhat
in wheedling the ignorant among their
people into the belief that it is nothing to
lose their chief commercial emporium,
with its great wealth and immense mili
tary suplics ; but the thinking, intelligent
portion of the South must feel that they
Lave received an blow in the
fall of Now Orleans. Let these blows fall
as thick and fast for a short time longer,
and rebellion will have speedy deliverance
in throes of death ! —Philadelphia Inquirer
Last Hofr or a General —Who can
reflect, without sadness, on the closing
moments of the gallant Gen. Neil ? His
lifelong dream had been to obtain the little
baton ribbon of Marshal of France. He
could not deep after seeing it conferred on
McMahon, as a reward of valor in the
battle of Magenta. Before the next en
gagement, he told hisfiier.ds that this time
he would win the prize he so much coveted.
The conflict was over, and they sought him
anxiously upon the gory field. They found
him almost crushed beneath his d\ing war
horse, and the practiced eye of the surgeon
told him that life would soon be over.—
Word was sent to the Emperor, who quick
ly arrived, and taking from his own breast
the badge of Marshal of France, be placed
it above the heart of his faithful follower.
The lifelong dr am was realized, and with
a single throb of exultant joy and gratitude,
be threw ins arms about the neck of hit
sovereign—the next insiant be fell back in
the embrace of a stronger King.—Presby
terian.
ggp Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota,
bas presented a memorial to the president,
on the condition of the Minnesota Indians.
He represents their condition as most de
plorable, and reports they suffer chiefly
from demoralizing intercourse with the
white man. He makes some very caustic
strictures on the administration of the
Indian department.
THE
ilqmhlican.
EDITORS :
D. T. LINDLEYand J. T. MO AK .
WATERTOWN, WIS:
FRIDAY, : : : t ; May 23.1862.
Wisconsin Editorial Association.
The Sixth Annual Convention ef the TVis
consin Editorial Association will convene in
the city of Racine, on V. cdneaday, Juno 18th,
1862, at 12 o’clock M.
The Annual Address will be delivered by
Charles W. Fitch, Esq.; a Poem by Thurlow
W. Brown Esq.; Eulogy on William M. Graham
byChailesll. Wright, Esq,: an Essay on the
lives and services of pioneer editors of Wiscon
sin, by George Hyer, Esq.
A. C. SANFORD.
Corresponding Sec’y.
Racine, April 10, 1862
That “ self preservation is the first
law of nature ” has long been held as ap
plicable to Individuals in all cases of emer
gency, and we hold that the same princi
ple should be as inherent to nations as in
dividuals. Were a man possessed of pos
itive knowledge that a foe was attempting
to assassinate him, his right and duty
would be to repel bis attack, unarm him,
and render him powerless to prosecute his
plans of criminality. So exactly is the
case with the government in dealing with
the rebellion. The traitor is the greatest
enemy to the nation. As he who has mur
der in his heart seeks the life-blood of his
victim, so the traitor strikes at the jugu
i lar vein of the government, seeking to sap
I its life-blood and pause its overthrow.—
The first and foremost duty of the govern
ment is to exert its power to disarm the
rebels and render them powerless for mis
chief. To sustain this point will require
i no argument, but there is another point in
close connection with it which to many
might seem admissible of debate. As to
the duty of the government to use every
effort to bring about a speedy termination
of the insurrectionary war which now
besieges her best interests, there can be no
question.
We claim that it is the duty of the gov
ernment, whether authorized by Congress
or not, to enforce a just and effective plan
of confiscation and punishment towards the
traitors who have caused and who are
prosecuting the present rebellion—both as
a penalty that may serve as an example,
and as a matter of justice to the loyal
people of the country. The rebels have
forced the war upon us, and should pay its
entire expenses, and they should be pun
ished to such an extent that the effect
would be a lasting warning to all wicked
demagogues and traitors who might con
spire to the ruin of the government, in
years to come. Confiscate their munitions
of war, and all their property of every
kind and character which has any relation
to the end of the war, and the government
is strengthened and they are weakened.
This is common sense. The people of the
country demand of the powers of the gov
ernment relief from taxation and the se
verest punishment of traitors. Congress
owes it to the loyal people to pass a con
fiscation bill which shall be fair, just and
severe in its provisions—not too sweeping
in its general provisions, but sufficiently
broad to meet the demand. If Congress
should fail to provide by law for such con
fiscation, the President will be justified, by
the power wbiob the constitution invests in
him, in proceeding so to confiscate, and
thus weaken the rebels to an extent that
the necessities of the case may require.
First put down the rebellion and then
settle the accounts afterwards.
The rebellion must be put down, and, in
the language of the President, “hence all
indispensable means must be employed.”
Should the confiscation of the property of
rebels bo deemed by him to be “indispen
sable” we have the confidence in thel’res
-1 ident to believe that be will employ that
i means. We are dealing with desperate
men, who, with arms in their hands, seek
to destroy the nation and murder its
friends. The government ewes them no
mercy until they abandon their armed
I crusade, and the leaders should meet the
1 direct punishment of the law against trait
i ors, and should not be spared even their
i lives. Confiscate the property of rebels,
| which is their strength, and when the lead
ers are caught hang them so high that it
will put a final end to all attempts at
| treason.
Th3 African Slava trade.
This traffic, abhorrent to every feeling
of justice and humanity, would seem to
have received its death blow from the re
cent treaty concluded between Secretary
Seward and Lord Lyons, and which has
been ratified by the Senate. It is nearly
two hundred and fifty years since the first
cargo of slaves was landed at Jamestown,
and little did the people then dream what
a gem of future wickedness, and strife and
bloodshed they were planting in their
midst. The fathers of our Republic saw
this, and at the very outset of the Con
federacy, initiated the first attempt to
wards its early suppression. It was the
first obstacle which the encountered in the
construction of the Constitution. It has
been the source of nine-tenths of our Na
tional difficulties, and has at last culmina
ted in civil war, devastation and bloodshed.
I One of the very first compromises which
the slave power exacted and received, was
the clause in the Constitution providing
that the slave trade should not be interfer
ed with prior to ISOS, thus showing, that
j as early as 1787 it was looked upon as an
i evil, and its suppression contemplated.—
From that onward there has been repeat
ed legislation, but all has failed to suppress
the traffic, In 1814 when the treaty of
Ghent was formed this Government and
Great Britain were pledged to a mutual
effort fer a destruction cf the trade, and
while in a measure the trade was cut off,
it bas been continually carried on. In 1824
the slave trade was declared piracy, and
the right of search granted by both Eng
land and America of suspected vessls, ex
cept that our Government prohibited
search on our soast. This prevented the
ratification of the treaty by England, and
matters have stood in this shape up to the
present time. Now by mutual concession
the old treaty is in a fair way of ratifica
, tion, and with it will pass away another
| relie of olden times more becoming a bar
baric people, than two of the most and en
lightened and civilized nations of the earth.
Buchanan anti the War.
We dout feel exactly like picking a dog
after he is dead, but can’t help what “Oc
casional ” (John W, Forney) says of
James Buchanan in one of his letters to
the Philadelphia Press. It is as follows :
“Not long ago two ladies called at
| Wheatland, the safe retreat of the man
j who assisted treason to arm itself in the
i very sanctuaries of freedom, and while
there they were thrown into conversation
with the venerable ex-President. Of course
the war was introduced. In the course of
conversation the battle at Fort Donelson
was alluded to, when be said : •* Ladies,
you must not suppose that this victory will
end the war,there will be much severe fight
ing yet, and should our Northern soldiers
attempt to go South as the warm season
approaches, they’ will be swept off like rot
ten sheep. Besides, ladies, you know that
the Southern people have long anticipated
this struggle, and have been prepared for
it; they can never be conquered.” Miss
replied: “Yes, Mr. 8., we know,
and so does the country, that for the last
four years, at least, the Southern people
1 have been permitted to do as they please
j with the powers that controlled the Gov
| ernment, and have been allowed to have
i their way in every thing ; but, notwithstand
ing all this, it is our opinion that they will
he conquered, and made to return to the
support of the old Constitution .”
Steam Rams.— The Chicago Post says
that, in addition to the iron-clad gunboats
of Commodore Foote’s flotilla, there have
been for some time in course of building, a
fleet of eight steam rams to be added to
the fleet. Six of them are on the stocks
at Pittsburg ; the other at St. Louis
They were formerly used as tow boats, and
are the best and strongest craft on the riv
er. The hulls and machinery are nearly
new. They are to bo overhauled and
strengthened, the hulls by additional bulk
heads and solid beams of immense ( strength.
The beams will be rended almost a solid
mass of timber and iron, and provided
with a projecting ram which will demolish
anything with which it will come in con
tact. Two or three of the formidable war
vessels are already launched, an 1 nearly
ready for service. What armament they are
to carry is not stated, but their great speed
and immense strength will render them
more than a match for any of the fabulous
rams wo hear of from Memphis and New
Orleans. In addition to these, the gun
boat Eastport, captured from the rebels on
the Tennessee river, will be oat in the
course of a few weeks, She is in Mound
| City, but owing to the flood, work has
been suspended for the present. She can
be completed in two weeks.
The Mission of Mr. Mercier.— lt will
be reoollected that this French envoy re
cently visited Richmond, and it was said
with the approval of the Government.—
This led to much speculation as to the ob
ject of the visit, but it is now asserted
confidently that be was charged to assure
; the rebels that the Emperor of the French
; does not recognize them as a people among
the nations; that England and France,
by recognizing them as belligerents, did
all that could be expected on the part of
neutral governments, that the blockade
:of their ports is effectual; that they arc
fairly beaten in arms, and their independ
ence as a nation impossible ; that a contin
uance of hostilities, by the threatened de
struction of the cotton and tobacco crops
of their citizens, would only be a wanton
injury to the commerce of the world, injur
ing France and England even more than
the United States ; and that a resort to
guerrilla warfare as proposed, when their
armies are destroyed, would demoralize
society, and be simply a return to barbar
ism.
The rebels have been admonished,
therefore, that a cessation of hostilities
is a duty they owe to themselves and the
world, which all civilized nations will
unite in requiring of them.
Taxes in England. The following fig
ures exhibit the principal sources of the
British revenue for the year 1860 :
CUSTOMS.
Spirits £9,628,614
Wines 1.244,794
Tobacco and Snuff 5,606,438
INLANDREVIXVE.
Malt £6.208,813
Spirits 9.225,538
Licenses 1,492,657
Stamps 8,868,809
Total £84.670,741
Making in currency, the sum of $172,000,-
000, or about $10,000,000 more from
these sources alone than the Tariff Com
mittee expect to raise from all sources un
der their new bill. We like the English
fashion of raising money, we hope the
facts will be ventilated in Congress.
Jggf 3 A good anecdote is told of one of
the Connecticut boys. While in controver
sy with a rebel, after the capture of Fort
Pulaski, the latter said—“At least with
all of our faults, we never made wooden
| nutmegs. ’ The Yankee, a very demure
j looking specimen, innocently replied—
| “Ye do not make them out of wood anv
longer,” and pointing te one of the pro
jectiles lying near, which bad breached the
i Fort added quietly, “ we make them now
,of iron ’ Secesb subsided.
Book Notices,
CONSUMFTION : How to Prevent it, and How
to Cure it. By James C. Jackson, M. D.—
1 vol. 8 vo. pps. 400, Boston; B. Leverett ;
Emerson, 1862.
I)r. Jackson bas a reputation in bis pro
fession to sustain—a reputation founded
upon those professional traits which form
a thinking, practical physician. A book,
therefore, to which he dd put bis name,
as its author, must necessarily be a result
of careful thought and valuable experience
in the specialty of which he writes. The
present work comprises a subject which
has foiled almost as many physicians as it
has destroyed patients—a disease of which
very little is known beyond its course and
usual results. Dr. Jackson, however,
probes its various causes, the idiosyncra
cies and manner of life which most readi
ly produce it, the various treatments in
vogue, and a mass of information upon the
minutiae of the different stages of the dis
ease. With all these he freely advises the
patient as to the best methods of preven
tion and pure. The book is destined to
find attentive readers everywhere, from
its vigorous style, and a lack of profession
al terms and mysteries.
A DISCOURSE ou the Life, Character and
Policy of Count Cavour. Delivered in the
Hall of the New York Historical Society, Feb
ruary 20, 1862. By Yincengo Botts, Ph. D.
Professor of Italian Literature in the New
York University. 1 vol. 8 vo. pps 108. New
Y’ork ;G. P. Putnam 1862.
The death of Count Cavour, the Pre
mier of Victor Emanuel, about one year
ago, caused, the most profound sorrow
among the liberal and enlightened circles
of Europe and America. The disinterest
ed patriotism, the enlightened statesman
ship, the earnest and consistent devotion
to civil and religious liberty, that marked
the career of Count Cavour, place him
among the noblest champions of political
freedom, and of social progress, order and
virtue, through constitutional law ; and
his rare administrative capacity, exercised
for these ends, entitles him to the praise
and regeneration of Italy.
On the 10th of February last. Professor
Botts, intimately acquainted with the ca
reer and aspirations of Count Cavour, was
invited by the savans of New York to de
liver this discourse, and, in compliance
with their wishes, it was produced by him
on the 20fh of February last; repeated by
request before the New York Athenaeum
Association March 12th ; before the Bos
ton Young Men’s Association on the 19th
of March ; and is now placed, in this hand
some form, within the roach of all. It is
a noble eulogy of a noble man.
SCHOOL OF THE BRIGADE, Evolutions of
the Line ; or Rules for the Exercises and Ma
noeuvers of Brigades and Divisions. Design
ed as a sequel to the United States Infantry
Tactics ; adapted May 1, 1862. By Briga
dier General Wm. W. Duffield, of the Twen
ty-third Brigade, and Colonel of the Ninth
Michigan Infantry. 1 vol. 18 mo. Philadel
phia :J. B. Lippencott & Cos. 1862.
Another one of these works born of our
national rebellion, and bearing the sanction
of high military authority. As long as
military tactics are- in favor, works like
this will be a necessity.
Those Books can any of them be had by
applying to the publishers.
gioin o (Tom'.opoiid m o.
For the Republican,
Affecting.
Our hearts are made sad—our tears
flow—our sorrows are multiplied—our souls
are stirred within us—at the mysterious
Providence which has suddenly removed
from us our youthful and esteemed friend
Mrs. Lucy Ann Poster, wife of Mr. Wil
liam F. Foster, of the Clyman railroad
station, and only daughter of Edwin and
Amelia Beard, of Clyman. She died of
fever at her father’s residence on the morn
ing of the Bth of May, in the 19th year
of her age. She had been married but
about six weeks, and full of joyous antici
pations as well as present happiness, they
were just ready to go to housekeeping, Mr.
F. having built and furnished a house near
the depot—when she was taken ill and
went suddenly down to the tomb. Per
haps a more happy couple were never unit
ed in marriage, or a more joyous future
anticipated. But, alas, how soon the scene
is changed, and a dark shadow comes over
the picture.
The beautiful and youthful bride is laid
in the dust, the joyous husband is over
whelmed with grief, and the loving and
hopeful parents are deprived of their only
child.
The large concourse that attended the
funeral and followed her remains to the
grave, and the tears that were shed, show
ed how much we loved her. She was in
telligent, amiable, lovely and confiding ;
scattering joy and sunshine wherever she
went, having a smile for every one, mak
ing every one happy around her. No mar
vel, them, that the berieved husband feels
very deeply the loss of such a companion ;
so well fitted to share with him mutually
the joys and sorrows of life’s pilgrimage,
and that the doating parents are bowed
down with over much sorrow.
May the grace of God comfort all the
mourning ones in their pilgrimage, The
following beautiful lines were originated
by Mr. Foster as expressive of his feelings
and hopes in regard to the future of his
loved one who has gone.
“ She has gone to her home of rest above
Where all is peace and joy and love.”
Let us meet her there. Let us remem
ber the afflicted ones in our prayers and
our sympathies, knowing that we too are
hastening rapidly to the close of our mor
tal existence.
E. P. Beecher.
Lowell, Wis. May 13, 1862.
—While other foreign journals are call
ing the battle of Shiloh a drawn game,
the Paris Moniteur says it can’t perceive
how an army whoso combinations failed,
and wbieb abandoned the field of battle,
can call itself victorious
Forts cn the Mississippi.
Fort Jackson, which is by far the
stronger work, is a regular pentagonal
baslioned foriification, having three fronts I
bearing on die river, and three on the land j
side. The land fronts have each a glacis ;
and covered way, and the channel is com
manded by a battery of twenty-five guns.
A wet ditch, from forty to seventy feet
wide, and six feet deep, surrounds the
main work on the river, and a similar
ditch, one houndred and fifty feet wide the
land fronts. There is also a wet ditch six
feel deep and thirty feet wide, around tlie
channel bearing battery. The two chan
nel-bearing forts have each eight casemate
iruns, which are the only casemated ones
in li e work. The ditches are defended
by 24 pounder howitzers at either flank.
The parapet is carried across the gorge of
the bastion, so that there is no flauk para
pet defense. Tlie bastions are only arrang
ed for musketry fire from the walls. The
main work of the lower battery mounts, in
the aggregate, one hundred and twenty
five guns, of which one hundred bear on
the channel. There was a one-story brick
citadel within the fort, having two tiers
of loop holes for musketry defense, the
walls of which are five feet thick. The
entrance to the work is by a wooden bridge
on the west side, connected with a draw
bridge ten feet wide.
Fori St. Philip consists of a main work
and two attached batteries, which bear
respectively up and down the river. The
principal work is irregular in form having
seventeen faces. It is surrounded by a
wet ditch six feet deep and from twenty
to thirty feet wide. At the foot of the
glacis is a ditch from 70 to 140 feet wide.
There is a glacis and covered way entire
ly around the fort. Outside of the princi
pal ditch is another, which was dug to fur
nish earth for the levee, and this is 20
feet wide and 4 feet deep. Fort St. Phil
ip mounts 100 guns, of which 75 bear on
the channel All of the guns are mount
ed en barbette. The scarp works have
been stengthened by relief arches, which
are pierced will) loop-holes for musket
ry.
Both forts are built of brick. The guns
of Fort Jackson are 25 feet above the le
vel of the river, and those of St. Philip 19
feet. The guns of the outer batteries of
both forts are 14 feet above the river.
When the rebels took possession of these
forts there were only 36 guns mounted,
none of which wer-- of larger caliber than
32 pounders. All the carriages were poor.
The plans for completing these forts were
stolen from the Custom House at New Or
leans, just after the rebellion broke out,
and the works were finished in accord
ance with the original intention. From
center to centre of the forts the distance
is three-quarters of a mile, and the river
between them half a mile in width.
Johnson K. Duncan, who commanded
these strongholds, was born in Pennsylva
nia, and appointed to the Military Acade
my at West Point, from Ohio He gradu
ated in 1840, fourth in his class. He was
appointed to the artillery corps and sta
tioned at Eastport, Me., afterward in
Texas. He received his commission, and
accepted a position as Chief of Artillery,
in Wall’s liberating army in Northern
Mexico. Afterward he became connected
with Major General G. W. Smith, of the
rebel army, ex-Street Commissioner of
New York, and Brig. Gen. Mansfield Lov
ell, also rebel, in Quitman’s filibustering
expedition. Next he becarao Smith’s
clerk, during bis superintendence of the
Marine Hospital at New OP.eans, and I
when Smith vacated the office, he succeed
ed him. In 1858, when New Orleans
attempted to reform her municipal affairs
by establishing a Yigilance Committee,
Duncan wr.s chosen leader of the organi
sing. Subsequently, he was appointed
State Engineer of Louisiana, and he held
this position up to the time when he ac
cepted his General’s position.
Captain Davis.
Tudor, in his life of James Otis, speak
ing of the promptness with which the peo
ple everywhere turned out to rush to the
defense of their country at the news of the
battle of Lexington—a readiness and en
thusiasm which met a parallel a year ago
when Massachusetts heard of the Baltimore
massacre—relates the following incident;
“Among other examples that might be
telated, the following is from a living wit
ness: The day that the report of Ibis' affair
reached Barnstable, a company of militia
immediately assembled and marched off to
Cambridge. In the front rank there was
a young man, the son of a respectable far
mer, and his only child. In marching
from the village, as they passed his house
he came out to meet them. There was a
momentary halt. The drum and fife paused
for an instant. The father, suppressing a
strong and evident emotion, said; - G,,d
be with you all, my friends! And, John,
if you, my son, are called into battle, lake
caie that you behave like a man, or else
let me never see your face again!’ A tear
startled into every eye, and the march was
resumed.”
The writer of this paragraph remembers
hearing, when a boy, an old genllaman,
then in a high legal position in Massachu
setts, read tlii > passage from the life of Otis,
and when he closed and laid down the
volume, he added in a subdued and feel
ing. yet somewhat triumphant tone, as he
recalled the scene and its occasion: ‘‘l
was the drummer-boy to that company!”
This little reminiscence recurred to us
two or three days ago ou reading the ac
count of the spirited action with the Rebel
gunboats near Fort Pillow on the Misissip
pi. Capt. C. H. Davis, acting flag officer
of the Western flotilla, is a son of him who
was a drummer-boy to the Barnstable
company, that marched before sunset on
the clay the news reached them of the bat
tle of Lexington.— JV. J 7 Tribune.
Fifth Wisconsin at Williamsburgli.
The special correspondent of the Chi
cago Times writes that sheet as follows:
Before I forget it, however, I will re
| late an incident that will fill the minds of
your readers in Wisconsin with pride and
j joy. It relates to the part taken in the bat
tle of Williamsburg by the Fifth Wisconsin
Regiment. They formed a part of that di-
I vision which came upon Monday afternoon
! just in the nick of time, and which not on
; ly gained the battle, but prevented a Fed
j era l defeat. But, more than this, the par
j titular regiment named had to stand their
ground for three hours against a force
five times their own number, and yet they
not only did so, but at the end of that
j time, with their ranks thinned by the ene
my s leaden hail, they charged furiously
on the foe, and drove him in a panic off
the field.
On the following Wednesday, lust a
week from to-day, while the army in pos
session of Williamsburg was resting after
| tlie terrible fatigues of that battle, 0 Gen.
j McClellan, with his whole brilliant staff
rode out as tlie troops were on dress pa
rade m the afternoon. He rode alon- the
i wht,) - !ir,f h ’"P in hand, and never have I
seen him look so proud and noble, and so ;
worthy of high command. As be passe
along the air was rent with the shouts of
the soldiers, who I need not say. idolize
their chief. When he reached the Fifth
Wisconsin he wheeled his horse in front of
the color-guard, and his staff formed be
hind him. Raising his cap, he said: 'My
lads, 1 have come to thank you for your
gallant conduct on the battle-field on Mon
day. By your bravery and coolness, and
by the gallant manner in which you fought,
you have done honor to the array, to your
selves, and to your State. You shall have
‘Williamsburg’ inscribed on your banner ;
and you may rely upon it that you will
not be forgotten by your grateful country.’
It was a scene worthy of a painter, and
I hope it has been preserved by some
; artist. I ought to mention that, during
the engagement, the Fifth Wisconsin cap
tured one of the rebel battle-flags. It is
now on its way to that State, and will
probably be exhibited in Chicago. It is
unique in design, the main feature being
‘the Southern Cross,’ bearing fifteen
stars.
From Halleck'a Armies.
Cairo, May 18. — The steamer J. C. Swan
arrived from Pittsburg Landing this
morning with dates to yesterday morn
ing.
The principal item of news she brings
is the report that Beauregard has been
recalled to Virginia, to aid in rallying the
broken columns of Jo Johnston, and, if
possible, bring them to a stand before
Richmond.
Bragg, lately of Pensacola, succeeds to
the command of the Western Department.
Considerable skirmishing occurred on
our right, about five miles from Corinth,
on Wednesday. The division of General
Sherman were endeavoring to get posses
sion of a bridge across a small creek at
this point, and were resisted by a consid
erable force of the enemy.
The rebels retired. Our loss was ten or
twelve men wounded, none killed. The
enemy’s loss unknown.
Two privates belonging to the Eleventh
Louisiana regiment were captured within
three-quarters of a mile from the outer
breastworks by our pickets.
Deserters and willing prisoners are re
ceived into our lines by the dozen daily.
They unite in the assertion that the rebel
army is subsisting wholly upon hard bread
and molasses.
Gen. Halleek has issued a second order,
expelling all civilians from camp, design
ed more expiessly to exclude newspaper
correspondents. The order is imperative
in this instance, and officers who connive
at the presence of the objectionable ones
are to be held individually responsible.
The report is again revived that Corinth
is evacuated; but, though our pickets are
within shooting distance of each other, the
actual fact is a matter of doubt.
Washington, May 17.—The President
decided this morning to modify General
Hunter’s proclamation emancipating the
slaves.
New York, May 19.—The steamer
Blackstono has arrived with the first regi
ment of Fire Zouaves, formerly Ellsworth’s,
to be mustered out of service.
W ashington, May 20. The telegraph
cable laid yesterday across Chesapeake
Lay, by the War Department, is now in
direct com nunication with Fortress Mon
roe and Gen, McClellan’s headquarters.
Baltimore, May 20.—The steamer State
of Maine, with 491 sick, soldiers, mostly
convalescent and able to travel homeward,
arrived this morning.
The French steamer Montezuma, from
\era Cruz, Bth. has arrived, and reports
the Frensh army marching on Mexico,
meeting but little opposition,
Fortress Monroe, May 20.—The United
States dispatch boat Rhode Island, arrived
here this a. m., with mails and dates from
New Orleans to the Btb, South-west Pass
to the 9th, Ship Island 10th, Key West to
the 14th, and Port Royal to the 18th.
She brings between forty and fifty passen
gers, and naval officers captured on the
Mississippi, below New Orleans. Among
them are several lieutenants formerly of
our navy. News from New Orleans is not
of special interest.
Gen. Butler commenced landing on the
Ist of May, established his headquarters
at the Custom House, took possession of
the City Hall, Mint, &c., and compelled
the St. Charles Hotel, which was closed,
to open for the accommodation of himself
and staff.
A conference had been bad between
Gen. Butler and the authorities of the city,
with Pierre Soule. The proclamation was
discussed and modified in some particulars,
as an act of humanity to the suffering in
habitants. The boats and railroads were
allowed to bring supplies to the city.
Negotiations for Confederate scrip is for
bidden, but other species - of currency in
circulation is allowed.
The newspapers continued their publi
cation. The Delta was suppressed for re
fusing to publish the proclamation but was
; subsequently allowed to go on,
Algiers has been occupied by our forces
and Forts Jackson and St. Phillip garris
oned by our troops from Ship Island.
The Opelousas and Jackson Railroad
was taken possession of, and all the ap
proachcs to the cut off.
Gen. Phelps had advanced to Carrolton
five miles up the river, and occupied the
place.
There was very little public demonstra
tion of Union feeling, in consequence of
the uncertainty in reference to the future.
A great want of confidence was prevail
ing ; but under the firm course of Gen.
Butler, business is slowly reviving. The
city is gradually becoming quiet, and af
fairs generally are perfectly satisfactory.
It is stated that Porter’s mortar fleet
had been at Mobile, and in the bays,
; soundings had been made in the channel,
and on the 7th the fleet was fired on while
engaged in this work, by Fort Morgan, but
no reply was given. The fleet afterwards
returned to Ship Island.
On the night of the 9th the rebels evac
i uated Pensacola, setting fire to the forts,
| navy yard, barracks, hospitals, &c. Fort
Mcßae, the Marine Hospital and Navy
Yard were destroyed. The blacksmith
shops in the Navy Yard were saved. The
rebels had formerly 3,000 men, under Gen.
| Jones, there.
Gen. Arnold would establish his head
quarters in the city on the 12th.
Kansas City, May 19.—The Santa Fe
mail with dates to the 3d, bas arrived
The Texans, while retreating, met a body
j of 500 of their troops under Col. Steel, at
; Adobe Wall, but the whole foree contin
ued the retreat. The first regiment of Col
orado volunteers, with the regulars, are
at Fort Craig, under command of Col.
Paul. Gen. Canby and Gov. Connelly are
at Santa Fe.
Owing to the scarcity of provisions, large
quantities of which were destroved to pre
. it? falling into the hands of the en?-
my. our troops have been
than half ration?, being limited to eight
ounces per day. °
One hundred and twenty Texas p r ; s .
oners were passed on the road to Fort
Lamed.
New York, May 19.—News from North
Carolina states that Gov. Clark has rc
fused to furnish any more troops to "j e ff
Davis, and bas recalled all the North Car
olina soldiers now in the rebel army _1
North Carolina bas bold a convention of
its citizens, and pronounced against giving
further aid to the rebellion, thus virtually
returning to the Union, In reply to tb
demand of Jeff. Davis for additional troops
and means of transportation to and thro’
the cotton states. Gov. Clark said that Da
vis had received all the aid from North
Carolina that be could expect, and* that
hereafter no more troops would be permit
ted to leave the State, aud has ordered all
the North Carolina State troops home.—
Gov. Clark also informed the rebels that
they could use the railroads in retreatino
homewards, and that they would run their
own risk of being intercepted by a Union
force at any part of the State.
From Washington.—Washington, May
17.—Since yesterday eight or ten fu<Mlive
slaves have been returned to claimants. It
is estimated that there were lately a thous
and slaves in Washington, mostly from
St. George’s county, Md., adjoining this
district. About forty slaveholders from
there were here for reclamation. In sev
eral cases the Marshal and deputies could
not find the fugitives, who, by some
means, had been informed of the proceed
ings and left.
Capr. Davis’ official report of the late
engagement on the Mississippi, dated 11th
May, was received at the War Department
to-day. His account is substantially as
previously reported. Only four persons
were severely wounded. The other acci
dents were slight. He makes no mention
of the sinking of our gunboats.
Information Wanted, of Baptist
Rehaume and Easibus Pen on, who left
their homes in Eden Fond Du Lac county,
on the 10th of March, saying they were go
ing to Minnesota, but ore supposed to have
enlisted in some Wisconsin regiment. Since
which time nothing has been heard of
them, and their parents and friends are
very anxious. Any one having heard of
or seen them will confer a favor by leaving
word at the Reporter Office. —Fond Du
Lac Reporter.
—We used to hear Fourth of July
orations proclaiming in florid language
what the people of the United States were
capable of doing. But our people, within
the last few months, have, in the ra
pidity and brilliancy and greatness of
their achievements, far more than justified
the wildest boast ever uttered in their
behalf,
Anew rifle known as Henry’s Pat
ent Repeating Rifle, manufactured at New
Haven, is capable of being fired fifteen
| times in rapid succession after being load
j ed. The time required for loading is not
| longer than is required for loading a Spring
field musket with a single hall.
— Nassau, N. P.—These words fre
quently occur in telegraphic dispatches.—
Nassau is the capital of New Providence,
the most important of the Bahama, Islands.
It is the seat of government for the Baha
mas, has a good harbor, and is a place of
considerble trade.
John Minor Butts is released on pa
role, although he is virtually a prisoner in
his own house. He is not allowed to leave
his country seat, near Richmond. The
noble old friend of the Union will have
bis reward in due season.
—At a meeting of the members of the
Central Presbyterian Church of Cincin
nati on Wednesday evening, the Rev. Dr.
Gurley, of V\ ashington, received the unan
imous call of the Church, at a salary of
$2,500 per annum
—George F. Train’s train ways—horse
railroads—are being constructed in Switz
erland. They are the first on the conti
nent, barring a small one-horse affair in
Paris.
The People Ca!! Now Be Suited.—Af
ter years of anxious waiting, the people—
those who could not afford to invest fifty,
seventy-five or a hundred dollars in such
an article—have now within their reach a
cheap, yet reliable, Sewing Macaise.
Elliot’s Improved “ Pearl ” Machine,
for which Gto. F. Collins & Cos., at Chi
cago. are North-Western Agents, meets
exactly the wants of the people. It is
simple in construction ; the working of it
is the easiest thing in the world to learn?
and its work is most perfect. S3O is the
price, and we are sure no one would do
without it if they knew its value. —Baptist
Recorder. 47ml
See advertisements in another column.
Tiie Douglas Memorial.
The Diploma of Membership of the Doug
las Monument Association, beautifully en
graved on steel, about nine by twelve inches
dimensions, is now ready for distribution to
the subscribers of the monument fund - The
engraving consists of two full length miniature
vignettes, one a fine portrait of the departed
statesman, and the other America offering a
wreath; besides a birds eye view of the grave
on the shore of Lake Michigan as it now ap
pears at Cottage Grove.
To all persons forwarding to the Association
one dollar or more will bo sent one of these di
plomas, with name and amount duly inserted
thereon, and s.gned by the President and Sec
retary.
Contributors to the sum of one dollar will be
come life members of the Douglas Monument
Association ; in the sum of twenty dollars Hon
ory life members ; and in the sum of one Attn
dred dollars Honorary life members of the Board
of Trustees.
WALTER B. SCOTT. President.
LEONARD IV. YOLK, Secretary.
N. B. Local receivers and solicitors for con
tributions are being authorized in the leva’
States to take charge of the interests of the
j Association.
Pamphlets and circulars containing the or
ganization, Constitution. By-laws and the Ap
peal will be sent to all who forward their ad
dress. Communications should be directed t°
the Secretary Douglas Alonument Associa
tion, Chicago, 111.”
CJMIAT wheu you want anything in the line cl
Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Shoes,
j &c.. yon will do well to call at ,
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